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GRANARY    BURIAL-GROUND. 


In  Common  Council,  March,  1879. 

Referred  to  the  Special  Committee  on  Interments,  with 
authority  to  print  the  same. 
Sent  up  for  concurrence. 

W.  H.  WHITMORE, 

President, 


Concurred. 


In  Board  of  Aldermen,  March  31,  1879. 

HUGH   O'BRIEN, 

Chairman, 


THE   GRANARY  BURYING-GROUND. 

It  may  be  said  primarily  that  in  the  Description  of  Boston, 
by  our  late  Mayor  Shurtleff,  much  information  concerning 
all  the  burial-grounds  will  be  found.  Although  rather  gen- 
eral  in  terms,  the  account  there  given  seems  to  be  correct ; 
and  it  will  be  sufficient  to  say  that  the  statements  therein 
have  been  used  in  the  following  report. 

In  regard  to  the  Granary  yard  it  may  be  briefly  stated 
that  it  came  into  use  some  thirty  or  forty  years  after  the 
settlement  of  the  town.  Probably  there  was  at  first  little 
order  or  precision  to  its  boundaries,   as  it  was  simply  a 


2  City  Document  No.  47. 

corner  of  the  Common  which  reached  westerly  from  the  foot 
of  Beacon  and  Cotton  hills.  Prior  to  1700  we  must  regard 
the  present  Tremont  street  as  little  more  than  a  lane  skirting 
the  open  common  field,  having  houses  on  the  easterly  side 
only,  and -with  the  present  Beacon  street  reaching  up  the 
hillside.  It  is  not  known  when  or  where  the  first  inter- 
ments were  made,  but  from  analogy  we  may  presume  they 
were  nearest  the  road,  and  hence  where  the  Tremont  House 
stands.  In  Bonner's  map  of  1722  it  appears  as  if  the  land 
nearest  Beacon  street  had  been  by  that  time  set  off  for  house- 
lots,  about  on  the  lines  still  so  occupied ;  but  as  yet  our 
Park  street  could  have  been  nothing  more  than  a  road- way. 
The  town  about  this  time  seems  to  have  placed  its  buildings 
on  this  land,  and  the  Almshouse  in  fact  was  rebuilt  about 
1682,  on  Beacon  street,  near  Park.  About  1712  a  Bride- 
well, or  House  of  Correction,  was  placed  on  the  upper  part 
of  Park  street;  in  1738  a  Workhouse  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet  long  was  added,  and  a  Pound.  Soon  after,  a 
Granary  was  put  on  the  corner  of  Park  and  Tremont  streets, 
while  the  Town  bulls  were  kept  in  a  corner  of  the  main 
ground. 

From  the  words  used  in  the  records  it  seems  that  the  town 
voted  in  1719-20  to  enlarge  the  ground  on  the  Common 
side  ;  and,  as  will  be  seen,  tombs  were  placed  along  that  line. 
It  is  highly  probable  that  some  graves  were  extended  beyond 
the  line,  since  it  will  be  remembered  that  when  the  drinking- 
fountain  was  placed  on  the  Common  near  the  Park  street 
gate,  and  large  excavations  were  made  for  the  water-pipes, 
several  gravestones  were  disinterred. 

At  all  events  the  records  show  that  in  1721  fifteen  tombs 
were  licensed  on  the  west  side  of  the  yard,  beginning  at  the 
upper  corner,  and  being  in  a  line  parallel  with  the  present 
Park  street.  By  the  end  of  1725  the  whole  line  was  com- 
plete, and  in  1726  tombs  were  put  on  a  new  range  from 
that  corner,  following  Tremont  street. 

By  1737  this  row  was  also  finished,  and  the  corner  turned 
irregularly  round  the  garden  lot  now  belonging  to  the 
Tremont  House  estate  ;  tomb  No.  80  being  the  end  one  in 
that  direction. 

In  1739  five  more  tombs  were  built,  Nos.  81-85,  being  the 
first  on  the  easterly  side,  parallel  with  the  passage-way  from 
Tremont  street  to  Tremont  place. 

After  this  date  less  care  seems  to  be  taken  with  the  record 
of  grants  ;  if,  indeed,  any  tombs  were  built  for  many  years. 
Shurtleff  indeed  says  that  none  were  granted  until  1810,  and 
so  far  corroborates  our  opinion  based  on  the  lack  of  records. 

According  to   Shurtleff,,  26    tombs   were    built   in    1810, 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  3 

being  Nos.  86-111,  forming  all  of  the  row  in  that  direction, 
up  to  the  line  of  the  Athenaeum  estate. 

A  line  was  also  built  on  a  portion  of  the  north  side  of  the 
yard,  parallel  to  the  estates  adjoining  the  Athenaeum  towards 
Park  street. 

In  1807,  also,  William  Payne  and  his  sisters,  who  owned 
the  estates  on  Beacon  street  west  of  the  Athenaeum,  and 
abutting  on  the  burying-ground,  obtained  leave  to  construct 
tombs  in  their  yards,  to  be  entered  from  the  cemetery.  Nine 
tombs  were  so  built,  under  the  stables  and  outhouses  of 
these  estates ;  and  yet  these  tombs  were  readily  taken  by 
such  citizens  as  David  Sears,  Uriah  Cotting,  John  Gore, 
Edward  Blake,  and  others  of  note. 

There  are  also  various  tombs  in  the  yard  not  placed  by 
regular  plan,  and  probably  not  the  subject  of  regular  grant. 
Such  tombs,  raised  above  ground  and  covered  with  a  huge 
slab,  are  to  be  found  in  all  of  our  older  cemeteries,  and 
usually  belonged  to  the  clergymen  or  magnates  of  the  day. 
Thus  we  know  that  tomb  No.  140  was  that  of  Rev.  John 
Baily,  who  died  in  1697  ;  and  we  find  mention  of  tombs  of 
Gov.  Endicott,  Simeon  Stoddard,  and  Josiah  Willard, — 
all  prominent  inhabitants  of  the  town. 

The  records  indeed  are  very  imperfect,  and  our  main  reli- 
ance must  be  the  memorandum  which  has  been  kept  in  the 
various  departments  which  have  successively  had  the  custody 
of  the  yard.  The  list  herewith  printed  was  originally  pre- 
pared about  a  century  ago,  and  from  time  to  time  various 
transfers  and  claims  have  been  added.  In  1818  the  then 
Superintendent  of  Health,  Samuel  H.  Hewes,  opened  a 
record-book,  still  preserved  at  the  office  of  the  Board  of 
Health  ;  but  it  was  very  fragmentary,  and  little  used  after  the 
beginning. 

In  regard  to  the  question  of  the  present  ownership  of  the 
various  tombs  not  much  can  be  said.  There  seems  to  be  no 
law  or  decision  covering  the  point  of  wherein  the  ownership 
rests  on  the  death  of  the  first  constructor  of  a  tomb. 

No  case  seems  to  have  arisen  as  to  the  rights  of  heirs.  Of 
course  a  tomb  is  of  but  very  limited  capacity,  and  when 
once  filled,  common  propriety  would  restrain  any  heir  from 
insisting  upon  an  abstract  right  to  place  bodies  in  the  ances- 
tral vault.  But  where  no  disposition  has  been  made  by  gift, 
and  where  descendants  are  numerous,  there  may  well  be  a 
question  as  to  the  rights  of  the  heirs.  The  town  of  Boston, 
seems  to  have  had  a  by-law  that  when  tombs  became  dilapi- 
dated it  might  repair  the  same  and  assign  them  to  other 
parties.  It  seems  that  this  was  done,  after  the  Revolution 
especially,  when  the  families  of  former  owners  had  departed 


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from  the  country.  But  to-d;iy  the  question  will  arise  whether 
the  right  to  sell  a  tomb  depends  upon  the  consent  of  all  of 
the  descendants  of  the  grantee  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
years  ago.  Undoubtedly  for  the  present  purpose  it  will  be 
sufficient  to  point  out  one  owner,  but  a  search  for  title  will 
be  long  and  inconclusive. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Selectmen. 

P.  144-5,  April  13,  1721.  Voted,  That  whereas  the  Town  of  Boston 
at  a  Publike  Town  Meeting  on  the  29th  day  of  A  prill  1719  ordered  that 
the  South  Burying  place  should  be  Inlarged  next  the  Common  or  Train- 
ing Field :  In  pursuance  of  which  vote  or  order  the  select  men  in  the 
year  1720  did  so  Inlarge  the  said  Burying-Place,  at  which  time  sundry 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Town  to  the  number  of  fifteen  desired 
Liberty  to  erect  new  Tombs,  on  the  south  line  of  the  said  Burving- 
place,  which  the  Select  men  granted  on  condition  they  would  carry  up 
and  maintain  a  brick  wall  on  said  line  at  the  end  of  their  Tombs  which 
said  line  of  Tombs  begins  at  the  upper  or  west  corner  of  the  said  Bury- 
ing-Place next  the  Alms  House,  and  are  by  the  said  Select  men  assigned 
to  the  several  Persons  who  built  the  same  as  follows,  viz. :  — 

To  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  the  upper  tomb  which  we  call     .  No.    1 

11  Oliver  Noyce,  Esq.,  downward No.    2 

14  Mr.  James  Gooch No.    3 

"  Mr.  Thomas  Cushin ..  No.    4 

44  Capt.  Thomas  Steel .         .  No.    5 

"  Mr.  James  Bowdoin No.    6 

44  Mr.  William  Foy No.    7 

44  Mr.  George  Bethune No.    8 

44  Mr.  Ezekiel  Lewis No.    9 

44  Mr.  Robert  Guteridge No.  10 

44  Mr.  William  Webster,  his  heirs No.  11 

44  Jeram  Allen,  Esq No.  12 

44  William  Harris,  Esq No.  13 

"  Capt.  Adino  Bulfinch No.  14 

44  Mr.  Joshua  Henshaw No.  15 

Ordered,  That  the  above  written  be  entred  by  the  Town  Clerk  in  the 
Select  men's  book,  and  Certificates  be  by  him  given  out  to  the  Owners 
in  the  form  following,  viz. :  — 

44  At  a  meeting  of  the  Select  men  of  Boston,  Aprill  the  13th,  1721. 

44  There  is  granted  to  Jona  Belcher,  Esq.,  the  first  tomb  from  the  west 
tend  of  the  South  Burying  Place,  on  the  south  line  of  said  Burying 
.Place,  he  having  at  his  own  charge  erected  the  same  and  paid  to  the 
Town  his  part  of  the  Common  shore  for  draining  the  said  tombs,  —  and 
•so  the  rest.1' 

P.  185,  1721,  March  5.  Upon  a  petition  of  Mr.  John  Edwards  of  Bos- 
ton, sheweth,  that  whereas  there  is  a  Tomb  in  the  South  Burying  place, 
belonging  to  the  Late  Governour  Endicot,  which  has  bin  unimproved  for 
many  years,  and  there  being  no  family  in  said  Town  nearer  related  to 
the  said  Governour  EndicotVfamily  than  his,  desires  he  may  have  liberty 
granted  him  to  make  use  of  it  for  his  family.  Granted  that  the  said 
John  Edwards  has  Liberty  to  Improve  the  said  Tomb  until  a  person  of 
better  right  to  it  appears  to  Claim  it. 

1722,  April   17,   (p.  187),  grants  were  made  as  follows:  —  To 

Gill  No.  10,  David  Colson  No.  17,  Thomas  Crees  No.  18,  Henry  Guio- 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  5 

neaues  No.  19.  "  Granted  to  each  of  them  their  respective  tombs,  they 
having  erected  them  at  their  own  expense  and  paid  to  the  Town  their 
share  to  the  common  shore." 

1722,  Sept.  24,  (p.  207.)  "  Liberty  granted  for  a  tomb  to  be  built 
for  Mr.  John  Coney,  decd,  in  the  8.  Burying  place  on  the  south  line 
No.  20."  Liberty  granted  to  Samuel  Barrett  to  build  a  tomb  on  the 
same  line,  No.  21. 

1723,  Oct.  11,  (p.  244.)  Liberty  granted  etc.  "  upon  terms  of  the  for- 
mer grants,"  to  Jonas  Clark  No.  22,  Jonathan  Jackson  No.  23. 

1723,  Nov.  25,  (p.  246.)  "  There  is  granted  to  Mr.  William  Downes 
the  twenty-fourth  Toomb  from  the  west  end  of  the  South  Burying  place 
on  the  south  line  of  the  said  burying  place,  he  having  at  his  own  charge 
erected  the  same  and  paid  to  the  Town  his  part  of  the  common  shore 
for  draining  the  said  Toombs." 

1724,  April  27,  (p.  256-7.)  "  Liberty  is  granted  to  Mr.  Samuel  Rand 
to  build  a  Tomb  in  the  South  Burying  place  on  the  south  line,  No.  25, 
upon  the  same  conditions  others  had." 

11  Liberty  is  also  granted  to  Mr.  Silence  Allen  and  Mr.  Eliazer  Darby 
to  build  two  Tombs  between  them  on  the  same  conditions,  No.  27 
and  28." 

"Liberty  is  also  granted  to  David  Demming,  Henry  Howel,  and 
Hannah  Demming  to  build  one  Toomb  between  them  on  the  same  con- 
ditions, No.  29." 

(P.  258.)  "  Liberty  is  granted  to  Mr.  Thomas  Wallis  to  build  a 
Toomb  in  the  South  Burying  Place  on  the  south  line,  No.  29,  upon  the 
same  conditions  others  had." 

"  Liberty  is  also  granted  to  Mr.  William  Palfrey  to  erect  a  Toomb  in 
the  same  Burying  place  on  the  same  terms.  He  quitt  his  Grant  to  Capt. 
Bonner." 

1724,  July  17,  (p.  266.)  "Liberty  granted  to  Mr.  Andrew  Faneuil 
to  erect  a  Toomb  in  the  South  Burying  place,  near  to  the  Toomb  of 
Si  mi  on  Stoddard,  Esq." 

1725,  Sept.  27,  (p.  311.)  Liberty  granted  &c,  "upon  the  same  con- 
ditions others  did"  to  Cap't.  John  Bonner  No.  30,  William  Spiekman, 
No.  31,  Henry  Gibbins  No.  32,  Jera  Belknap  No.  33,  Penn  Townsend, 
No.  34. 

(P.  312.)  "Liberty  is  granted  to  Mr.  Thomas  Wallis  to  build  a 
Toomb  in  the  South  Burying  place  upon  the  south  line  No.  (26)  upon 
the  same  terms  as  others  had  granted.  Liberty  being  formerly  granted 
to  Mr.  Eleazer  Darby  and  Silence  Allen  to  build  a  Tomb  betwixt  them, 
have  now  made  application  they  may  have  each  of  them  a  toomb;  which 
was  granted.  To  Mr.  Eliazer  Darby  No.  (27),  to  Mr.  Silence  Allen 
No.  (28.) 

1726,  Sept.  6.  (p.  348.)  Liberty  is  granted  to  build  a  tomb  in  the 
south  burying  place,  on  the  new  line,  "  on  the  same  conditions  formerly 
granted  to  others,"  to  John  Borland,  No.  37 ;  Joseph  Brandon,  No.  38 ; 
Barrett  Dyer,  No.  39  ;  John  Durant,  No.  35. 

1726,  Nov.  19,  (p.  350.)  Liberty  &c,  "  upon  the  conditions  as  others 
have  the  liberty  "  to  Nathan ial  Cunningham,  No.  40. 

1726-7,  March  10,  (p.  358.)  Liberty,  &c,  "  on  the  same  terms  as 
others,  having  paid  part  of  the  drain"  to  Wm.  Bowen,  No.  34;  Thomas 
Downe,  No.  44. 

1727,  May  3,  (p.  363.)  Liberty,  &c,  "upon  the  west  line  on  the 
same  terms  as  others  had,  he  having  paid  for  the  benefit  of  the  drain," 
to  Capt.  Cyprian  Southick,  No.  46. 

1727,  May  29,  (p.  365.)  Liberty  &c,  "on  the  same  conditions  the 
former  persons  did,  he  having  paid  for  the  drain"  to  John  Jekyl,  No. 
47;  John  and  Thomas  Hill,  No.  45;  Ann  Green,  No.  41;  William 
Wheelwright,  No.  42. 

1727,  Aug.  28,  (p.  376.)     Liberty  granted,  &c,    "  on  same  terms 


City  Document  No.  47. 


with  others1'  to  John  Hunt,  No.  49 ;  John  Dolbear,  No.  51 ;  Francis 
Wardell,  No.  53. 

1727,  Sep't.  8,  (p.  377.)  Liberty  granted  &c.,  "on  former  terms,"  to 
James  Pemberton,  No.  48;  Cap't.  John  Fairweather,  No.  43;  William 
Young,  glazier,  No.  52 ;  Nathaniel  Byfield,  No.  50. 

1727-8.  March  25,  (p.  388.)  Liberty  granted  of  a  tomb  on  the  east 
line  ■«  on  the  conditions  granted  to  others  "  to  Robert  Patteshall,  and  to 
Capt.  William  Blare.     [No  numbers  given.] 


At  the  end  of  the  volume  of  Selectmen's  Records  from  1715 
to  1729,  and  in  the  same  handwriting,  is  the  following :  — 

"  A  List  of  the  Toombs  in  the  South  Burying  place  on  the  South  Line 
and  numbered,  viz. :  — 


Jonathan  Belcher,  esq. 

No.   1 

Oliver  Noyes,  esq 

2 

Capt.  James  Gouch      .... 

3 

Mr.  Thomas  dishing  .... 

4 

Capt.  Thomas  Steel     .... 

5 

Mr.  James  Bowdoin     .... 

6 

Mr.  William  Foy          .... 

7 

Mr.  George  Bethune    .... 

8 

Mr.  Ezekiel  Lewis 

9 

Mr.  Robert  Guteridge 

10 

Mr.  William  Webster 

11 

Jeramiah  Allen,  esq 

12 

William  Harris,  esq 

13 

Capt.  Adino  Bulfinch   .         .         .         . 

14 

Mr.  Joshua  Henshaw  .... 

15 

Mr.  John  Gill 

16 

(Now  Thomas  Hancock)  added  in  different  ink 

Mr.  David  Col  son         .... 

17 

Docr  Thomas  Creese    .... 

18 

Mr.  Henry  Geneue       .... 

19 

Mr.  John  Coney          .... 

20 

Mr.  Samuel  Barrett      .... 

21 

Mr.  Jonas  Clark 

22 

Mr.  Jonathan  Jackson 

23 

Mr.  William  Downs  (pinmaker) 

24 

Mr.  Samuel  Rand         .... 

25 

Mr.  Thomas  Wallis     .... 

26 

Capt.  Eliezer  Darby     .... 

27 

Mr.  Silence  Allen         .         .         . 

28 

Mr.  David  Deming       .... 

29 

Capt.  John  Bonner       .... 

30 

Mr.  William  Spikeman 

31 

Mr.  Henry  Gibbons      .... 

32 

Mr.  Jeremiah  Belknap 

33 

Mr.  William  Bowen     .... 

34 

Mr.  John  Durant          .... 

35 

Penn  Townsend,  esq 

36 

Mr.  John  Borland         .... 

37 

Mr.  Joseph  Brandon    .... 

38 

Mr.  Barret  Dyer 

39 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Cunningham 

40 

Mrs.  Ann  Green 

41 

Mr.  William  Wheeler,  junr    Capt.  Wm  Blal 

c        42 

History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground. 


Capt.  John  Fair  wether 

43 

Mr.  Thomas  Down       .... 

44 

Messrs.  John  &  Thomas  Hill 

45 

Capt.  Cyprian  Southack 

46 

John  Jekiel,  esq.          .... 

47 

Mr.  James  Pemberton 

48 

Mr.  John  Hunt 

49 

Nathaniel  Bytield,  esq. 

50 

Mr.  John  Dolbeare      .... 

51 

Mr.  William  Young     .... 

52 

Mrs.  Frances  Wardwell 

53 

Mr.  William  Lee          .... 

54 

Mr.  John  Wendell       .... 

55 

Major  Paul  Mascareen 

56 

Mr.  Thomas  Jackson  . 

57 

Mr.  Andrew  Tylor       .... 

58 

Mr.  Francis  Gatcom     .... 

59 

Mr.  Nicholas  Buttolph 

CO 

William  Welsteed,  esq.  his  family 

61 

Doc.  Nathan1  Williams 

62 

Mr.  William  Wheeler  junr. 

63 

Mr.  William  Palphree 

64 

Messrs.  Zecha  &  Cornelius  Thayer 

65 

Mr.  Robert  Pattishall           . 

66 

Capt.  James  Blin          .... 

67 

1729,  Aug.  6  (p.  5).  "Granted  to  the  several  persons  hereafter 
named,  each  a  Toomb  in  the  South  Burying  Place  on  the  east  line  on 
the  conditions  on  the  former  Persons. 

The  Revd.  Mr.  William  Welsted  for  his  father's  family. 

William  Palfrie. 

Capt.  James  Blin. 

1729,  Dec.  29  (p.  12).  Granted  &c.  "on  the  same  conditions  that 
others  had  them  granted  on  " —  to  Mr.  John  Windal. 

Dec.  31  (p.  12).  "Granted  to  Mr.  William  Lee  liberty  of  a  Toomb  in 
the  South  Burying  Place  on  the  East  line  on  the  same  condition  with 
others,"  was  granted  July,  1728. 

1729-30,  March  12,  (p.  19.)  "  Granted  to  Mr.  Thomas  Jackson,  of 
Boston,  merchant,  one  of  the  newtoombs  in  the  South  Burying  place  on 
the  east  line  No.  ( — )  on  the  same  conditions  with  others." 

1735-6,  Feb.  25,  (p.  277.J  "  Liberty  is  granted  to  Mr.  John  Knee- 
land  to  break  up  the  ground  in  the  South  Burying  Place,  between  the 
Bull  house  and  the  north  east  corner  of  it,  in  order  for  the  building  five 
tombs,  upon  condition  that  he  build  a  brick  wall  where  the  Fence  now 
stands  and  make  good  the  ground  again  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  select- 
men." 

1735-6,  March  3  (p.  280.)  "Voted  that  Messrs.  Joshua  Blanchard, 
John  Kneeland,  Jr.,  Jonathan  Williams,  Jr.,  Benjamin  Emmons  and 
Thomas  Hubbard  shall  have  the  tombs  granted  to  be  built  in  the  South 
Burying  place  as  entred  the  25  Feb.  last." 

1736,  April  14  (p.  294.)  "A  petition  signed  by  Messrs.  Edma 
Quincy,  Thomas  Jackson,  Joseph  Green  and  sundry  others,  praying  for 
liberty  to  erect  a  brick  wall  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  south  burying 
place,  with  Tombs  under  the  same,  or  that  other  provision  may  be 
made  for  their  accommodation,  viz.,  in  the  old  burying  place"  was 
read  and  referred. 

1736,  June  2  (p.  317.)  "  Mr.  Joshua  Thomson  prays  for  liberty  to 
build  a  tomb,  or  that  he  may  have  assigned  to  him  one  of  those  that  are 
about  to  be  built  in  the  South  burying  place  near  the  Bull-House,  as  it 
now  stands,  upon  the  conditions  usual." 


8  City  Document  No.  47. 

P.  139.  1733,  May  8.  "  Liberty  is  granted  to  Mr.  John  Lee  to  break 
up  the  ground  and  build  a  Tomb  in  the  South  Burying  Place  about  26 
feet  distance  from  the  South  west  wall  against  the  Tomb  belonging  to 
William  Harris,  Esq." 

New  Vol.  E.  P.  67,  1736-7,  Feb.  23.  "  John  Jeffries,  esq.  informs 
that  it  is  the  desire  of  Mr.  John  Gibbins  to  have  liberty  to  build  a  Tomb 
in  the  South  Burying  Place." 

E.  pp.  84-5,  1736-7.  March  23.  ••  Whereas  upon  the  petition  of 
sundry  persons  as  entred  at  several  times  Liberty  was  granted  for  the 
erecting  a  Number  of  Tombs  in  the  South  Burying  Place,  which  work 
being  compleated  and  finished  the  Tombs  allotted  and  drawn  and  a  list 
of  them  presented  to  us  for  confirmation  : 

Voted,  that  the  Thirteen  Tombs  lately  erected  in  the  South  Burying 
place,  numbered  from  sixty-eight  to  eighty  inclusive,  be  and  hereby  are 
granted  and  confirmed  unto  the  Persons  hereafter  named,  their  Heirs 
and  assigns  respectively,  forever,  viz  :  — 


No.  68  . 

Mr.  Richard  Checkley. 

69  . 

Mr.  Jonathan  Williams,  junr. 

70  . 

Mr.  Thomas  Hubbard. 

71  . 

Mr.  Benjamin  Emmons. 

72  . 

Mr.  John  Indicott. 

73  . 

Mr.  Joshua  Blanchard. 

74  . 

Mr.  Edward  Gray. 

75  . 

The  Hon.  John  Osborne,  Esq 

76  . 

Mr.  Edmund  Quincy. 

77  . 

Mr.  Thomas  Jackson. 

78  . 

Mr.  Isaac  Walker. 

79  . 

Mr.  John  Buttolph. 

80  . 

Mr.  Joseph  Green. 

Upon  the  following  conditions,  viz. :  That  they  and  each  of  them, 
their  Heirs  and  assigns,  Do  from  time  to  time  forever  hereafter  at  their 
own  proper  costs  and  charges,  uphold,  maintain  and  keep  in  good  repair 
the  Brick  Wall  or  Fence,  with  Cants  on  the  Top  of  the  same,  as  it  is 
now  built,  and  of  the  full  breadth  of  each  of  their  respective  Tombs,  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Selectmen  of  the  town  for  the  time  being,  — 
Paying  each  his  proportion  for  the  benefit  of  the  Drain  as  has  been  Cus- 
tomary. 

E.  P.  109,  1737,  Apl.  25.  Mr.  John  Clough  (Leather-dresser)  prays 
for  Liberty  to  build  a  Tomb  in  the  South  Burying  palce  next  adjoining 
to  the  Tomb  number  80  lately  erected  there. 

E.  P.  298,  1738,  April  5.  "  Capt.  Jonathan  Armitage  desired  Liberty 
to  erect  a  Tomb  in  the  South  Burying  place  on  the  north  line.  His 
former  desire  made  in  the  year  1734  being  omitted  entring  at  time." 

P.  328,  1738,  June  21.  Deacon  Parker  and  Mr.  Blanchard  desired 
leave  to  build  four  new  tombs  in  the  South  Burying  place  adjoining  the 
thirteen  built  in  1736  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  yard,  and  it  was 
granted,  the  tombs  "to  be  disposed  of  by  the  Selectmen  as  they  shall 
see  fit." 

F.  p.  6,  1738,  Sept.  13.  As  all  the  money  for  Tombs  68  to  80  had  not 
been  paid  in,  Mr.  Joshua  Blanchard  was  ordered  to  collect  it  and  pay 
for  "  building  a  small  piece  of  Brick  wall  at  the  North  corner  of  said 
Burying  place,  against  which  part  of  Mr.  Joseph  Green's  Tomb  stands, 
viz. :  Number  80." 

F.  p.  63,  1738-9,  Jany  10.  Voted  that  the  five  Tombs  lately  built  in 
the  South  burying  place  number'd  from  81  to  85  inclusive,  be  and 
hereby  are  granted  to  the  persons  hereafter  named,  their  Heirs  and 
assigns  forever,  viz. :. 


History  of  Granary  Burial-G  round.  9 

No.  81  .         .  .  .to  Deacon  Jacob  Parker. 

82  .  .  .     **  Deacon  John  Clough. 

83  .  .  .     "  the  heirs  of  Sam1  Greenleaf,  decd. 

84  .  .  .     **  Capt.  Jonathan  Armitage. 

85  .  .  .     "  Doctor  John  Gibbius. 

Upon  the  conditions  following,  viz. :  that  they  and  each  of  them, 
their  Heirs  and  assigns,  Do  from  time  to  time  forever  hereafter,  at  their 
own  proper  cost  and  charge  uphold,  maintain  and  keep  in  good  repair 
the  Brick  Wall  or  Fence,  with  Cants  on  the  Top  of  the  same,  as  it  is  now 
built,  and  of  the  full  breadth  of  each  of  their  respective  Tombs,  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Selectmen  of  the  Town  for  the  time  being,  paying  each 
his  proportion  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Drain  as  has  been  customary. 

F.  p.  334,  1740,  July  16.  Liberty  to  Hu^h  Hall,  Esq.,  to  build  a 
Tomb  in  the  South  burying  place  "and  to  bring  in  his  bricks  &c,  by 
the  almshouse,"  "provided  that  he  takes  care  for  putting  up  the  Fence 
again  in  good  order." 


RECORDS   OF  THE  TOWN  OF  BOSTON, 
Vol.  8,  P.  491. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  freeholders  &c.,  Nov.  2,  1795.  "The  Article  in 
the  Warrant  relative  to  the  Common  and  Chapel  Burying  grounds,  read, : 
—  Whereupon ,  voted  that  the  Hon .  Thomas  Dawes,  Esq. ,  the  Hon .  George 
R.  Minot,  Esq.,  Dr.  Eustis,  Nath'l  Appleton,  Esq.,  Dr.  Jams,  Mr. 
Nath'l  Balch,  Hon.  Wm.  Tudor,  Esq.  be  a  committee. 

1795,  Nov.  6,  (p.  493.)  The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Town  to 
consider  the  subject  of  the  Burying  grounds  at  large  and  to  report  on 
Friday  next  some  suitable  place  of  deposit  for  the  Dead,  in  order  that 
the  Town  may  be  enabled  to  discontinue  the  opening  of  Graves  in  the 
Common  and  Chappel  Burying  grounds,  report  as  follows  :  — 

The  Committee  having  consulted  the  Physicians  of  the  Town,  find  it 
to  be  their  opinion  that  the  Health  of  tne  Inhabitants  is  in  danger  from 
the  crowded  state  of  these  Grounds,  and  the  exhalations  which  must 
frequently  arise  from  opening  Graves  therein.  In  addition  to  which 
they  find  it  is  almost  impossible  to  open  new  Graves,  without  disturb- 
ing the  relicts  of  the  Dead  already  interred.  From  an  equal  regard  to 
Health,  for  a  decent  respect  for  both  the  living  and  the  Dead,  they  rec- 
ommend to  the   Inhabitants  to  adopt  the  following  measures  :  — 

1st.  That  no  Graves  or  new  Tombs  shall  be  opened  or  built  in  either 
the  Common  or  Chappel  burying  Ground,  after  the  first  day  of  May 
next. 

2d.  As  the  South  Burying  ground  is  already  sufficiently  large  for 
the  present  accommodation  of  the  Inhabitants  and  will  admit  of  such 
enlargement,  that  the  Selectmen  be  empowered  to  allot  to  any  Inhabi- 
tant who  may  apply  for  the  same,  sufficient  Ground  for  erecting  a 
Tomb  in  the  Ground,  and  to  enlarge  the  said  South  Burying  Ground  in 
a  direction  westerly  whenever  the  publick  convenience  shall  in  their 
judgment  require  it. 

3d.  Inasmuch  as  in  remarkably  inclemant  weather  it  may  be  in- 
convenient for  Funerals  to  proceed  to  the  South  Burying  Ground,  that 
the  Selectmen  cause  to  be  erected  under  the  Vestry  room  of  the  Stone 
Chappel,  or  in  some  other  part  of  the  Chappel  burying  ground,  a  Vault 
or  Tomb  suitable  for  a  temporary  deposit,  in  which  any  of  the  Inhabi- 
tants who  may  incline  thereto,  shall  have  a  right  to  deposit  the  Bodies 
of  their  deceased  Friends  or  relatives,  for  a  term  of  time  not  exceeding 
twenty-four  hours   (unless  in  particular  cases)   by  permission  of  the 


10  City  Document  No.  47. 

Selectmen,  until  it  may  be  convenient  for  them  to  remove  such  Bodies 
to  the  place  of  final  interment. 

All  which  is  submitted. 

THOS.  DAWES,  pr  order. 
• 

The  foregoing  report  having  been  read  and  considered  the  question 
was  put  whether  the  same  shall  be  accepted. 

Passed  in  the  affirmative. 

1802,  Jany.  25,  (p.  92.)  "  Mr.  Benjamin  Hale  and  Asa  Hatch  apply 
that  their  names  should  [be]  entred  in  the  plan  of  the  Granary  Burying 
Ground  on  Tomb  No.  11,  formerly  owned  by  Webster.  Mr.  Hale  being 
the  legal  heir  under  Webster,  and  having  sold  one  half  of  said  Tomb  to 
Mr.  Hatch." 

1807,  June  24,  (p.  346.)  "Dr.  James  Lloyd  informed  the  Board 
that  by  consent  of  Mrs.  Shrimpton  Hutchinson  he  had  sold  the  Tomb 
in  the  Granary  Burying  ground  belonging  to  Mr.  Hutchinson,  to  Dea- 
con Nye  &  son,  and  wished  it  to  be  so  entered  upon  the  Selectmen's  books. 
Agreed  that  such  communication  should  be  entered  on  the  Record." 

1807,  Apr.  29,  (p.  338.)  "  On  the  application  of  Christopher  Gore, 
William  Paine  and  Mr.  Fletcher  for  liberty  to  buil,d  a  number  of  Tombs 
on  their  land  adjoining  on  the  west  wall  of  the  Granary  burying  ground 
with  liberty  to  enter  such  tombs  through  the  brick  wall."  Referred  to 
a  committee. 

1807,  Aug.  6,  (p.  353.)  "  A  petition  of  Mr.  Michael  Homer  having 
been  several  times  before  the  Board,  for  liberty  to  build  Tombs  in  the 
Granary  burying  ground,  reference  was  had  to  the  doings  of  the  Town 
in  the  year  1795,  when  it  appeared  that  the  Town  ordered  that  no  new 
grave  or  tomb  should  be  built  in  the  Chapel  or  Granary  burying 
grounds  ;  in  consequence  of  this  vote  the  Board  determined  that  it  was 
not  in  their  power  to  give  liberty  as  requested." 

1807,  Sept.  16,  (p.  358.)  On  said  application  "Voted  that  they  have 
the  consent  of  the  Board  to  their  request,  provided  they  shall  obtain  a 
like  consent  from  the  persons  who  own  Tombs  adjoining  to  that  wall ; 
which  consent  shall  be  expressed  in  writing  and  signed  by  said  propri- 
etors and  put  upon  the  Town  fiLes." 

1807,  Sept.  16,  (p.  358.)  "  Messrs  Daniel  and  Ignatius  Sargent  hav- 
ing applied  for  a  deed  of  a  Tomb  in  the  Granary  burying  ground  lately 
rebuilt  by  Mr.  Michael  Homer,  it  was  agreed  that  upon  Mr.  Sargent  pay- 
ing $300  "for  said  Tomb,(the  Chairman  should  be  authorized  to  give  a  cer- 
tificate as  proposed  by  them ;  and  Mr.  Homer  to  exhibit  to  the  Board 
his  account  of  expenses  for  allowance." 

"  Voted,  that  in  future,  when  any  Tombs  are  gone  to  decay  from  the 
neglect  of  the  owners  or  from  the  want  of  any  proprietor  thereto,  that 
they  shall  be  advertised  in  the  public  papers,  for  any  one  who  has  a 
legal  claim  to  appear  and  make  the  necessary  repairs ;  and  in  case  no 
such  person  is  to  be  found,  that  the  Board  would  employ  workmen  to 
rebuild  or  repair  the  same,  and  sell  them  for  the  advantage  of  the 
Town." 

1810,  Feb.  7,  (p.  449.)  "An  application  was  read  from  Robt.  T. 
Paine,  Esq.,  stating  his  claim  to  a  Tomb  in  the  Granary  burying  ground 
formerly  belonging  to  Josiah  Willard,  Esq.,  and  in  which  tomb  several 
of  the  ancestors  of  Judge  Paine  are  now  deposited,  but  which  was  taken 
possession  of  by  Mr.  Samuel  Bangs  for  repairs  done  thereon  in  1786,  by 
consent  of  the  selectmen  at  that  time.  The  Board  considered  the  ap- 
plication and  are  of  opinion  that  Judge  Paine's  claim  is  well  founded, 
and  are  willing  that  he  should  take  possession  of  the  said  Tomb,  but 
that  he  should  not  ditsurb  or  remove  the  remains  of  any  of  the  family 
of  Mr.  Bangs  who  may  be  therein." 

1810,  March  19,  Board  of  Health  Records.  It  was  reported  inexpe- 
dient to  adopt  the  plan  for  building  tombs  in  the  Granary. 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  11 

May  7.  Orders  passed  relating  to  graves  and  providing  that "  on 
application  to  this  Board  persons  may  be  licensed  to  build  Tombs,  in 
the  North,  Chapel,  Granary,  Central,  and  South  burying-grounds,  on 
condition  the  tombs  be  built  under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent; 
that  against  each  tomb  the  proprietor  thereof  shall  erect  a  substantial 
brick  wall  at  least  six  feet  high  from  the  top  of  the  arch  of  the  tomb, 
and  at  the  joint  expense  of  all  the  proprietors  shall  sink  good  and 
sufficient  stone  or  brick  drains  to  carry  off  the  water  from  the  tombs." 

June  18,  Report  "  that  it  will  be  well  to  reserve  the  North  East  line  of 
Ground  (Granary)  for  Tombs." 

July  23,  Voted  »•  that  the  subject  of  laying  out  a  new  range  of  Tombs 
in  the  Granary  Burying  ground  be  referred  to  the  Superintending  Com- 
mittee of  the  Ground." 

1810,  July  30.  Report  of  a  Committee  "  that  they  have  examined 
the  said  grounds  and  so  far  as  respects  the  application  of  Mr.  Sullivan, 
think  it  advisable  to  allow  him  to  build  on  or  enlarge  a  Tomb  on  the 
North  westerly  side  of  the  Bellingham  Tomb,  he  contributing  to  the 
expense  of  a  wall  on  the  West  side  of  the  Granary  Ground,  but  that  it 
will  not  be  advisable  to  allow  any  new  Tombs  in  the  ground,  except 
adjacent  to  the  fences  and  on  ground  next  to  the  Fence." 

Report  accepted. 

August  6.  Voted,  "  that  the  Committee  to  procure  Records  of  Tombs, 
&c.  for  the  Selectmen,  have  further  time." 


12  City  Document  No.  47. 


GRANARY  BURIAL-GROUND. 


Office  of  the  Board  of  Health, 

Boston,  March  6,  1879. 

To  the  City  Council  of  Boston:  — 

Gentlemen,  —  The  Board  of  Health  respectfully  reports 
that  the  public  health  requires  that  future  interments  in  each 
and  all  of  the  tombs  in  the  "Granary"  burial-ground  be 
prohibited.  Said  tombs  are  numbered  from  one  to  two  hun- 
dred and  four  inclusive. 

The  names  of  the  past  and  present  owners,  so  far  as  we 
know,  are  hereto  annexed. 

S.  H.  DURGIN, 

Chairman. 


No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

2  Archibald,  Azor  G.,  part. 

12  Allen,  Jeremiah  (now  George  Allen) 

28  Allen,  Silence,  p't. 

31  Andrews,  Stephen  S. 

35  Allardise,  Ann,  p't. 

38  Amory,  Rebecca,  p't. 

38  Amory,  Francis,  p't. 

39  Adams,  Capt.  Thomas. 
42  Allery,  Lydia,  p't. 

84  Armitage,  Jeremiah,  p't. 

106  Ashton,  John,  p't. 

117  Austin,  Thomas,  claims  p't. 

145  Allen,  p't. 

155  Andrews,  Stephen  S. 

1(54  Adams,  Hon.  Isaac,  p't. 

165  Adams,  Elijah. 

182  Alline,  William,  p't. 

192  Armstrong,  Samuel  T.,  p't. 

196  Andrews,  Stephen  S.,  p't. 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  13 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

3  Bean,  Aaron,  p't. 

6  Bowdoin,  James. 

1  Beth  line,  George. 

14  Bill  finch,  Adino,  p't. 

14  Bulfinch,  Samuel,  p't. 

21  Barrett,  Samuel,  p't. 

21  Bates,  John,  p't. 

25  Belknap,  p'|. 

30  Bonner,  John  and  Samuel. 

32  Baker,  Letitia,  p't. 

33  Belknap,  Jeremiah. 

34  Bo  wen,  William,  p't. 

37  Borland,  John, 

38  Brandon,  Joseph,  p't. 

42  Blaie,  William,  p't. 

43  Bradbury,  Charles,  p't. 
49  By  field,  Nathaniel,  p't. 
60  Buttolf,  Nicholas,  p't. 

62  Bradlee,  Thomas  and  John,  p't. 

63  Brigham,  B.,  p't. 

67  Blinn,  Capt.  James,  1729,  p't. 

67  Baldwin,  Kev.  Thomas,  p't. 

72  Billings,  Ebenezer,  p't. 

73  Blanchiird,  Joshua. 

74  Blake,  Edward,  p't. 
76  Bullard,  Jabez,  p't. 

79  Blake,  George,  p't. 

80  Breed,  Rebecca,  p't. 

81  Beighton,  James,  p't. 

82  Boylston,  Nicholas,  p't. 

85  Binney,  Barnaba,  p't. 

86  Babcock,  Adam. 
92  Baxter,  Daniel,  p't. 

105  Blanchard,  Jedediah,  p't. 

108  Bradlee,  Joseph  P.,  p't. 

120  Bourne,  Melatiah,  p't. 

132  Blake,  Edward. 

141  Bumstead. 

143  Bumstead,  Thomas. 

144  Baury,  Alfred  L.,  p't. 
152  Bullard,  J.,  p't 

159  Barton,  J.,  p't. 

161  Brown,  p't. 

173  Bangs,  Samuel,  p't. 

176  Baxter,  John,  p't. 

178  Barrett,  Francis,  p't. 


14  City  Document  No.  47. 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

181  Blake,  George  W.,  p't. 

184  Bass,  Moses,  p't. 

188  Bishop,  R.  C,  p't. 

190  Brooks,  John,  p't. 

192  Bass,  p't. 

194  Badger,  John,  p't. 

199  Bradford,  Samuel,  p't. 

200  Boardman,  Thomas  and  William, 
113  Baxter,  Joseph,  p't. 

202  Brown,  Nancy,  p't. 

4  Cushing,  Thomas. 

13  Clark,  Nathaniel. 

20  Coney,  J. 

22  Clark,  Jonas,  p't. 

40  Cunningham,  Nathaniel. 

38  Colman,  William. 

671  Callender,  R.  B.,  p't. 

68  Chulv,  Richard. 

80  Clapp,  William  W. 

110  Coolidge,  Cornelius. 

125  Cabot,  George. 

128  Cunningham,  Andrew,  p't. 

129  Coverly,  Wells. 

135  Crackbon,  Lemuel,  p't. 

166  Cushing,  Charles. 

192  Clough,  p't. 

173  Cheeney,  Samuel,  p't. 

15  Dorr,  Joseph  H.,  p't. 
Dorr,  Samuel,  p't. 

24  Downs,  William  and  Decoster  T. 

24  Dillaway,  Samuel. 

27  Dorby,  E. 

29  Deming,  David  and  H. 

32  Durivage,  Ann. 

35  Durant,  John. 

44  Down. 

47  Dyer,  John  D.,  p't. 

50  Dolbear,  John. 

53  Dolliver,  Peter. 

72  Day. 

75  Dixwell. 

83  Davidson,  Andrew  C. 

89  Dalton,  Peter  R. 

97  Dexter,  Jonathan  M. 

109  Draper,  Lorenzo. 

135  Davis,  Isaac,  p't. 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  15 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

168  Dumer  and  Freeman,  p't. 

182  Doggett,  Noah,  p't. 

183  Dall,  William,  p't. 

186  Donnison,  William. 
189  Derby,  I.,  p't. 

201  Dean,  Thomas,  p't. 

14  Emmons,  Joshua,  p't. 

18  Erving,  Edward  S.,  p't. 

95  Easte,"  Caleb. 

116  Evving,  John  and  E.  S. 

145  Eaton"  p't. 

154  Eliot,  Samuel. 

193  Ellis,  David. 

194  Emerson,  p't. 
163  Eckley,  Joseph. 

71  Emmons,  Benjamin. 

108  Emmons,  Nathaniel,  p't. 

134  Englesby,  William  T. 

22  Emmerson,  Jonathan. 

7  Foy,  William. 

35  Fiske,  Mary,  p't. 

43  Fainveather,  John,  p't. 

47  Ficker,  John,  p't. 

66  Farris,  William,  p't. 

67  Flagg,  David,  p't. 
138  Fanenil,  Peter,  p't. 
167  Farmer,  Jesse,  p't. 

169  Foster,  B.  and  W. 
174  Freeman,  Nye  and. 
177  Freeman,  James,  p't. 
177  Fitch,  Jeremiah,  p't. 

187  Freke,  John,  p't. 

195  Franklin. 

3  Gooch,  John  and  William,  p't. 

9  Gray,  Abigail,  p't. 

10  Gould,  William,  p't. 

16  Gill,  p't. 

18  Greese,  Dr.  Thomas,  p't. 

19  Guinea,  Henry,  p't. 
32  Gibbin,  Henry,  p't. 

41  Green,  Ann,  Rufus,  and  Gardiner. 

59  Gatcomb,  Francis,  p't. 

59  Greenlief,  Oliver,  p't. 

69  Goddard,  William,  p't. 

74  Gray,  p't, 

80  Green,  Joseph,  p't. 


16  City  Document  No.  47. 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

83  Greenlief,  Samuel,  p't. 

87  Goodwin,  Ozias,  p't. 

124  Gay,  Martin. 

131  Gore,  John. 

135  Gore,  p't. 

135  Goodrich,  Isaac  W.,  p't. 

147  Griggs,  Robert  D. 

152  Guild,  C,  p't. 

158  Goddard,  Jonathan,  p't. 

170  Greenough,  David. 
193  Grafton,  p't. 

201  Grubb,  William. 

202  Gilbert,  Samuel,  p't. 
11  Hale,  Benjamin,  p't. 
11  Hatch,  Asa,  p't. 

11  Hatch,  Harrington,  p't. 

13  Harris,  William,  p't. 

14  Hyde,  Abigail,  p't. 

15  Henshaw,  Joshua,  p't. 

16  Hancock,  Thomas,  p't. 
45  Hill,  Ann  and  Elizabeth. 
.'»1  Hunt,  John,  p't. 

53  Huntington,  Benjamin,  p't. 

70  Hubbard,  Thomas. 

72  Howe,  Abraham,  p't. 

97  Hammond,  Samuel,  p't. 

98  Head,  Joseph,  Jr.,  p't. 

106  Homer,  James  and  David,  p't. 

107  Hawks,  Joseph,  p't. 
113  Hayden,  William. 

115  Hichborn,  Samuel,  p't. 

127  Hammatt,  John  B.  and  Charles. 

144  Hall,  Hugh,  p't. 

158  Hubbart,  John,  p't. 

171  Hill,  James,  p't. 

176  Hayden,  William,  p't. 

180  Hyslop,  William,  p't. 

191  Homer,  Jacob,  Michael  and  Eleazer,  p't, 

185  Huntington,  Ralph. 

190  Hooper,  James,  p't. 

193  Hodgden,  Benjamin,  p't. 

194  Hunt,  Mary,  p't. 

196  Hutchinson,  James,  p't. 

197  Hinckley,  Elizabeth  and  E.,  p't. 
197  Hooton,  Mary,  p't. 

203  Infants'  Tomb. 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  17 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

23  Jackson,  Jonathan,  p't. 

47  Jackson,  John,  p't. 

23  Jackson,  Charles,  p't. 

57  Jackson,  Dr.  Thomas  P. 

67J  Jackson.  Thomas,  p't. 

77  Jackson,  Thomas,  p't. 

81  Jackson,  Anna,  p't. 

84  James  and  Pelham,  p't. 

84  James,  John  W.,  p't. 

107  Jackson,  Johnson,  p't. 
126  Jenney,  Stephen,  p't. 
136  Jones,  Nancy,  p't. 
138  Jones,  Edward,  p't. 
175  Jeffries,  Dr.  John. 

63  Kendall,  Sewell,  p't. 

76  Kettell,  James,  p't. 

9  Lewis,  Ezekiel,  p't. 

13  Lasenby,  Joseph,  p't. 

21  Leach,  Thomas,  p't. 

28  Lamb,  Rebecca  and  Abigail,  p't. 

34  Lucas,  John,  p't. 

Leitner,  George,  p't. 

36-  Lewis,  p't. 

40  Longley,  George,  p't. 

46  Lepean,  John,  p't. 

51  Loring,  John  J.,  p't. 

49  Lyde,  p't. 

54  Lee,  William. 

60  Leverett  and  Phillips,  p't. 

103  Lodge,  Giles. 

108  Ludington,  (  ?)  p't. 
125  Lee,  Joseph,  p't. 

120  Lee,  Jeremiah,  p't. 

121  Lamb,  James,  p't. 
194  Lillie,  John,  p't. 
197  Lee,  Deacon  John. 

17  Mosely,  Elizabeth  M. 

19  Molineaux,  John,  p't. 

22  Minot,  p't. 

44  Morrill,  James,  p't. 

56  Mazereen,  Col.  Paul,  p't. 

671  Manley,  William,  p't. 

102  Mackay,  Mungo. 

109  McClure,  Thomas,  p't. 
113  Munroe,  William,  p't. 

136  McClench,  Nancy,  heirs  of,  p't. 


18  City  Document  No.  47, 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

136  Motley,  Mary,  p't. 

188  Maguer,  John,  p't. 

2  Noyes,  Oliver,  p't. 

61  Nickerson,  Ebenezer,  p't. 

174  Nye  and  Freeman. 

26  Oliver,  Hubbard,  p't. 

74  Oliver,  Henry  J.,  p't. 

75  Osborne,  John,  p't. 

75  Otis,  Harrison  Gray,  p't. 
91  Osborn,  John. 

160  Old  South  Church. 
20  Prentice,  William  H. 

35  Peck,  William  D.,  p't. 

36  Perkins,  John  8.,  p't. 
39  Paine,  William,  p't. 
42  Phillips,  John,  p't. 
42  Perkins,  Mary,  p't. 

48  Pemberton,  James,  p't. 

34  Park-st.  Church,  p't. 

56  Perkins,  Thomas,  p't. 

60  Phillips,  Leverett  and,  p't. 

60  Phillips,  Thomas  W.,  p't. 

64  Palfrey,  William. 

66  Petershall,  Robert. 

76  Parker,  M.  S.,  p't. 

81  Parker,  Jacob,  p't. 

82  Priest,  John  F. 

84  Pel  ham,  James  and,  p't. 

88  Paine,  Robert  T. 

105  Park,  John,  p't. 

115  Parker,  Mrs.,  p't. 

117  Parker,  Thomas,  p't. 

118  Peck,  Thomas,  H.,  p't. 

122  Price,  EzekieL 

123  Payne,  William. 

118  Perkins,  Thomas  H.,  p't. 

145  Prince,  p't. 

161  Partridge,  p't. 

162  Phillip;?,  Turner  and  James. 
164  Patterson,  Enoch,  p't. 

168  Powell,  Dumer  and,  p't. 

168  Powell,  William,  p't. 

178  Phillips,  Samuel,  p't. 

184  Phillips,  Samuel,  heirs,  p't. 

196  Payne,  William,  p't. 

10  Robinson,  William,  p't. 


History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  19 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

•  25  Rand,  Samuel,  p't. 

27  Robbins,  Jonathan  Dorby,  p't. 

66  Roulstone,  John,  p't. 

68  Randall,  Dr.  John,  p't. 
81  Rand,  Isaac,  p't. 

94  Richard,  John,  p't. 

95  Richardson,  Asa,  p't. 

\-6  Reynolds,  Edward  and  William. 

97  Richardson,  John  Drew,  p't. 
100  Russell,  Benjamin. 

105  Richardson,  Luke*  p't. 

121  Roberts,  Mary,  p't. 

134  Reany,  William  L.,  p't. 

137  Richardson,  William. 

139  Ritchie,  William,  p't. 

139  Ritchie,  Edward  S. 

172  Revere,  Paul. 

173  Ray,  Daniel,  p't. 
187  Russell,  Joseph,  p't. 
198  Redman  and  Page,  p't. 
198  Roulstone,  Michael,  p't. 

1  Smith,  Franklin. 

78  Smith,  Franklin. 

107  Smith,  Franklin. 

119  Smith,  Franklin. 

133  Smith,  Franklin. 

156  Smith,  Franklin. 

171  Smith,  Franklin. 

5  Steel,  Thomas. 

35  Strong,  Abraham,  p't. 

39  Staples,  p't. 

44  Stimson,  p't. 

46  Southac,  Capt.  Cyprian,  p't. 

46  Southac,  Francis,  p't. 

47  Sweetser,  John,  p't. 
52  Sutton,  p't. 

69  Shedd,  Joseph  and  Samuel  A.,  p't. 

48  Sears,  David,  p't. 
65  Sumner,  James. 

75  Sargent,  Epes,  p't. 

77  Stackpole,  William,  p't. 

84  Straw,  John  A.,  p't. 

85  Stillman,  Samuel,  p't. 
92  Stedman,  Josiah,  p't. 

98  Smith,  Samuel,  p't. 

99  Sumner,  Thomas  W. 


20  City  Document  No.  47. 

No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

101  Snow,  Gideon. 

112  Spooner,  Dr.  William,  p't. 

.    114  Snelling,  Samuel. 

117  Stimpson,  Isaac  P.,  p't. 

142  Smith,  Margaret,  p't. 

146  Sullivan,  James. 

148  Stevens,  Isaac. 

158  Sumner,  Thomas  W.,  p't. 

180  Sumner,  Genl. 

183  Shattuck,  William,  p't. 

193  Stackpole,  p't. 

Sy  mines,  Thomas. 

36  Townsend,  Penn,  p't. 

52  Tuckerman,  A.,  p't. 
55  Townsend,  Dr.,  p't. 
58  Tyler,  Andrew,  p't. 
61  Train,  Samuel,  p't. 

63  Thayer,  Zachariah  and  Cornelius,  p't, 

65  Thayer,  Z.  and  C,  1729. 

90  Tucker,  Richard  D. 

93  Tilden,  Joseph. 

105  Tolman,  Henry,  p't. 

109  Tufts,  Francis,  p't. 

Ill  Trask,  Francis,  p't. 

126  Tileston,  Thomas,  p't. 

108  Tilden,  p't. 

130  Thorudike,  Israel,  p't. 

134  Torrey,  Ebenezer,  p't. 

142  Thaxter,  Seth,  p't. 

149  Taylor,  William. 

150  Tidd,  Jacob. 

1 67  Trull,  Ezra,  p't. 

189  Towues,  William,  p't. 

191  Torrey,  Samuel. 

192  Torrey,  p't, 

67  Vezie,  Joseph,  p't, 

10  Walker,  Edward  B.,  p't. 

11  Webster,  William,  p't, 
21  Webb,  Nathan,  p't. 

26  Wallace,  Thomas,  p't. 

42  Wheeler,  p't, 

44  Whitwell,  Samuel,  p't. 

53  Wardell,  Francis,  p't. 
55  Wendell,  John,  p't. 

58  Wheelwright,  George,  p't. 

59  Welsh,  Fraucis,  p't. 


ROXBURY  BRANCH. 

History  of  Granary  Burial-Ground.  21 


No.  of  Tomb.  Owners. 

61  Welstead,  William,  p't. 

61  Welsh,  Jonas,  p't. 

62  Williams,  Nathaniel,  p't. 
65  Wheeler,  William,  p't. 

68  Wells,  Samuel  A.,  p't. 

69  Williams,  Jonathan. 

79  Welland,  Capt.  John,  p't. 

94  Wells,  Titus,  pt. 

104  White,  Ebenezer. 

Ill  Wright,  Obadiah,  p't. 

140  Willis,  Abigail  and  Charles. 

144  Welch,  William,  p't. 

145  Wells,  p't. 

151  White,  Isaac. 

152  Willett,  J. 

153  Williams,  John  F.  and  Robert. 
157  Walley,  Thomas. 

179  Whitwell,  Benjamin  and  William, 

199  Williams,  Jonathan,  p't. 

52  Young,  p't. 


CITY   OF  BOSTON. 

April  12,  1879. 

Agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  Chapter  182  of  the  Acts  of 
1877,  notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  owners  of  the  tombs, 
described  in  the  foregoing  report  of  the  Board  of  Health,  to 
appear  before  the  special  committee  of  the  City  Council, 
appointed  for  that  purpose,  on  Tuesday,  the  fifteenth  day  of 
July  next,  at  3  o'clock,  P.M.,  at  the  City  Hall,  Boston,  and 
show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  each  and  all  of  said 
tombs  in  the  Granary  Burial-Ground  should  not  be  dosed 
against  any  future  interment  therein. 

S.    F.    McCLEARY, 

City  Clerk. 


